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The Sorrows of Empire: Militarism, Secrecy, and the End of the Republic
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The Mission: Waging War and Keeping Peace With America's Military
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The Outpost: An Untold Story of American Valor
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First Great Triumph: How Five Americans Made Their Country a World Power
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Gangsters of Capitalism: Smedley Butler, the Marines, and the Making and Breaking of America's Empire
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And a Bottle of Rum: A History of the New World in Ten Cocktails
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Cuba: An American History
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The lonely ships: The life and death of the U.S. Asiatic Fleet
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The Imperial Cruise: A Secret History of Empire and War
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Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at War
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A Country of Vast Designs: James K. Polk, the Mexican War and the Conquest of the American Continent
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Six Frigates: The Epic History of the Founding of the U. S. Navy
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Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the Opening of the American West
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The Statesman and the Storyteller: John Hay, Mark Twain, and the Rise of American Imperialism
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Sea of Glory: America's Voyage of Discovery, the U.S. Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842
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Blood and Thunder: An Epic of the American West
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